Prince to Appear in New Girl's Super Bowl Episode

The legendary musician has agreed to play himself and will have some involvement with Jess.

New Girl has earned this year's prime post-Super Bowl slot, and FOX clearly wants to make the episode extra-special. How do you do that? By getting The Purple One to play himself in a story line involving Nick and Jess. This is Prince's first ever appearance in a television sitcom, but he isn't new to acting, having starred in his own hit film Purple Rain, as well as Under the Cherry Moon and Graffiti Bridge.

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Also getting the Super Bowl-bump is Andy Samberg's detective sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine, which just earned several Golden Globe nods—an anomaly for a freshman sitcom in a field that's not lacking for potential award-nominees. The hour-long comedy block will air on February 2, 2014, and we may or may not be more excited for this than the actual game.

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